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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

Charley Haskins, of Milwaukee, an
old telegraph man, was in Europe re-
Gently and he tells some funny stories
about the way the telegraph business is
managed over there. For instance. he
filed message in an oili.e in London.
and, out of curiosity. waited TO see what
became of it The receiving clerk did
not place the message in little leather
cup and shoot it up the pneumatic tube
to the operating-room, as the American
receiving clerk does. Instead, he hung
it on a file hook, with number of other
messages, and went on taking in more
messages, placing them on the same
hook. In about half an hour The hook
was full, when the clerk called out TO a
boy. In five minutes tine boy was on
his way up the stairs to the operating
room with that bundle of messages, and
he wasn't in very much of a hurry,
either. No wonder Mr.. Haskins says
the American tGIegrapher couldn't stand
it to live III that country.
They are slow over in England. but
very careful. For instance, when they
erect n telegraph-pole in the street of u
town or city they plant it as carefully
as if they were laying the foundation ot
a milllon-dollar building With the
pole once up they are not satisfied tC
brace it with the service wires. but to
attach to it and extend out and fasten
in every direction heavy guy-wires, as
clumsy as they are unnecessary. There
is no use trying TO tell the Englishmar
anything, either, or to suggest any bet
ter methods. His invariabie reply, in
tone WHICH seems to leave no room
for further argument, is
We'll, we have always done it tina
Way
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

The carpet in the parlor is no better than the
floor;
OF the carpet in the library one can say little
more:
There's Il good one in the dining-rOom, al
though it's rather small;
But the carpet In the nursery is incest Of
them all.
There's palace in the middle, oircled with a
wall of black,
With a m1at of yellow water, four brown
pathways running back
Through 4 fearful frlghtful forest from the
windows TO the door,
Round four lakes of deep dark water with
green griftins on the shore.
At the corners there are castles, and in one
King Arthur reigns;
In the north one is a giant, and the south is
Charlemagne's-
But the castle in the corner by the closet is
the best,
And from this rule my kingdom and reign
over all the rest.
But the middle park and palace are a very
wondrous place
Statues. vases. fairies. graces. flowers and
bowers through all the spice.
IT Is garden Of enchantment, and the dread
full Ogress there
Is my sister-You should see her when abe
rumples up her hair!
Now, IT 8 very, very seldom that IL play
with dolls and girls,
Cause used to go il dresses, with my hair
But there 8 frst-rate fun in playing. on a
rainy indoor day.
That her dolls a captive princess, TO be res
cued in fray.
So with Knights of the Round Table and with
Pnladins of France,
Charlemagne and I and Arthur through the
wicked wood advance;
And we always have such contests, before all
these wilds are crossed,
With the giant and the grffins that half our
knights are lost
But at last we reach the portals, and the
lovely princess see.
Then the ogress., with her magic, captures ev-
cry one but me;
And transformed to wood and pewter in her
dungeons they repine-
But bear away the princess, so the victory
is mine.
Ernest Whitney, in st. Nicholas.
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The Mining PrOspector.

"The queerest thing In the whole
mining business 10 me, said bright
eyed and talkative passenger from the
West, named Eastman, lis the pros
pector / should think some good
writer could take up the prospector and
make hero of him, or put him in
play as the central figure. Tine typical
prospector is certainly a study. He
comes into town all excited; he flies so
high he can hardly touch the ground
with his feet. His face is radiant, and
he can hardly abstain from talking with
everyone he meets. Finally he picks
out q wel-to-do citizen, takes him aside
and whispers in his ear:
I've struck her. Struck her rich
this time. Got her sure. A big lead;
sure fortune. All want is a chance to
show her up. Say, grub-stake me and
FL give you half. It's fortune for
both of us. and no mistake
probably this citizen doesn't put up
the grub-stake. He has heard the same
story before. But somebody does-a
grub-stake, you know, is an outfit for
working mining claim, consisting
chiefly of food TO keep the prospector
going while at work digging-and
away he goes, hopping and skipping,
into the mountains.
IN a few months he returns. His
plumage hangs between his legs. as it
were. He looks sheepish and shame
faced. He sneaks around the camp
| few hours and finally musters up enough
| courage TO go to his hacker and report
| the failure of the claim.
| "ln a few weeks OF months ,he same
| performance is gone through with
/ again. Again he is just as confident as
! he was before, just as radiant, quite as
! sure that lie has struck her-struck her
at last, and big at that, by gosh He
gets another grub-stake, and fairly flies
! with wings into the mountains. a few
more months and he is back again. just
as shamefaced as he was the other time.
quite as crestialleu. In this way he
goes on year after year. Why, | know
men OF this sort who have been engaged
in that way tor ten or twelve years.
Two or three times year they are rich
and as many times poor. Hope seems
eternallv sprinCing from their breasts.
They are no less confident when thev
think they have struck Il rich thing than
they were as tenderfeet-nol less radiant
or eXtravagant in their promises Most
men would. after six or eight years OF
this sort of thing, lose Il little of their
buoyancv, at least tone themselves down
a little. But not so with the prospectOr.
He goes on and on. hunting for grub
stakes, winning fortunes in his n
and losing them, i'll fact, until y
comes to his relief. = Chicago
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Guerrilla Musby.

John S. Mosby, the famous confeder-
ate officer, is now practicing law in San
Francisco, and is making fame. Mosby
had Just begun the practice in Warren
ton, Va, when the war began, and no
body thought he would make much ot
soldier until he demonstrated his rare
military capacity. Ho was Il delicate
young fellow, with literary tastes and u
decided fondness for society.
He owed his appointment as consul
to Hong Kong to an impression he
made on Gen. Grant, whom he met ac-
cidentally soon after the war. When
Grant became President he rendered
Mosby several federal offices before the
consulship was offered him. In Hong
Kong he was distinguished for his luxu-
rant style of life and speut all the hand
some income of his office He is now
about so years old and Is settling down
to busiuess.-AtiaRto Constitutions,
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Making Valentines,

! The average citizen is not apt to
receive comic valentine descriptive of
OF his principal fault or weakness with
any degree Of pleasure, says writer in
the Brooklyn Eagle. lie often gets mad
AMI in some eases scar hes for the send
er. factory in this city has, durag
the past ten months, turned out fifteen
million comic and five million senti-
mental valentines. With such advan-
| tages practical jokers and lovers will
have plenty OF material with which to
work on February Il. Valentines birth
day. The former prevalent custom of
venting petty spite by sending q
comic valentine has comparatively died
out in the eastern and middle states
West of the Mississippi river the valen-
tine has, however. ready sale
recently paid a visit to the above
mentioned factory. The many opera
tions through which toy books and
valentines pass before they are ready 10
be delivered to the retailer are interest
ing. The first floor of the factory is oc-
cupied by papcr-cutting aud embossing
machines. The paper on which valen-
tines are printed is received from the
manufacturer direct, and is not in con-
di ion for use. 1t must he cut in pieces,
AK l-2 feet, and on which are stamped
sixteen comic valentines. After being
cut, the paper is taken to the second
floor and printed. Three hundred out
OF the four hundred employees in the
factory are women and girls. While
the majority of the work is done by
skilled labor, some departments are
operated wholly by machinery
OQ the sixth tlOoI. ha dn1oYo
artists draw the pictures used in valen-
tines and toy books. After a drawing
10 made and photographed the negative
Is coated with solution and exposed
to the sun. The negative is again coat
ed, this time with liihographic ink, and
placed in basin of water barely deep
enough to cover it. The ink is washed
of. except that part of the plate on
which the drawing hats been photo
graphed. The negative is then ready
Tor the etcher. The etching process is
too well known to bear repeating here.
Alter the drawing has been etched on
zinc plate it is ready for the press.
The operation by which rough zinc is
made smooth is Interesting. The zinc
Is placed under movable emery papers.
which are charged half-hourly. These
papers vary from hard 10 soft The
constant friction of the emery wears
away the zinc, so that in time it be-
comes as smooth as glass. Seven pa
pers, differing in quality and thickness.
are used IN the operation.
Supt Thompson estimated that thu
firm owned 100000 steel and zinc
plates. 1t must not be supposed that
Ealenune can be struck off complete by
illnrPSSiOn. On Inn
tines pass through no less than dozen
impressions Each impression adds
different shaGe OF color to the picture
Take for example a drawing of ma
chlnlst ut work. The mans hat is red,
his face and arms are pink. his hair and
mustachc are blue, with a tinge of
hIapE and or,h 70
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A Colored Journalist.

A Paris correspondent of the New
York Graphic writes: Among the Paris
journalists who have recently "gone
over to the majority may be mentioned
Felix Belly and Victor Cochinat. a man
of color. The former is said to have
owned his start in live to pun on his
name.
When Belly was introduced to DR..
Veron, the latter replied to u request for
employment that the positions on the
Constitutional were all filled and that
there was no room for the aspirant to
journalistic honors. Roqueplan, who
had chaperoned Belly on the occasion,
remarked to the editor-in-chief that he
ought not TO lose an opportunity of en-
livening his somewhat heavy columns
and that the engagement of his friend
would have that effect.
How SOP" asked Vernon.
"Why. in that case you could print
every day ut the bottom of the fourth
page. Belly, gerant' (belligerenO, bel
ligerant" ''Gerant." is the technical
term for manager"
Veron laughed, and promised to give
the gentleman with the warlike name a
chance to distinguish himself.
An incurable nighthawk, this dusky
.homme de lettress" was always the
last TO leave the orinking-shop i'll the
| Faubourg Montmartre most frequented
! by the reporters and editors of the news
papers in the neignborhood. Cochinat
| could never be induced to leave the
| place until the walters were putting up
| the last shutter, and he thus gained the
sobrlquet-suggested, doubtless, by his
| West Indian birth-of ''Toussaint is
| Eermeture."
1t was while contributing to the Ieti
| journal that Cochinat spent the hap
! piest wears of his life. An active news
gatherer, he knew how to please his
editOr-a remunerativc faculty that Sc
cured him handsome salary. He came
out especially strong on the occasion o.
celebrated trials. attending all the sit
tings of the court. and giving to his re
ports peculiar and racy flavor. The
lropmann murders We're rich placer.
for the law reporters, and when Tie
bodies were discovered in the Langloi:
field all Paris was paralyzed. the daIlie:
deyoting three entire columns out o
their total of sixteen or twenty to the
narrowing details.
As the reporters had all ncttcd small
point TO go to SEE Iropmann hanged
On the way back Corhinat met Nazet
of the GuutOts. Taking him by the arm
and in voice tremulous with emotion
the witty scribe remarked:
My dear fellow, we have lost HIM.
The best an 1t have heard attributed
to this sable journalist was his reply tt
celebrated member of the bar, and on
of the ugliest men in Paris
Meeting Cochinat on one occasion
and presuming to perpetrate some o
the commonplace jokes based on tn
writer's dark skin and 'crinky" hair
the latter, looking straight at him, re
piled:
Dear master, my father was a niulat
to, my grandfather a negro, and IN
great-grandfather monkey. 1ou pei
ceive that. after all. We belong to til
| raa.af'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

Customer to coaldealer-''Have you
got any name for those scales of yours?"
IL never heard of scales having a
name" well YOU ought to call your
scales ambush. You see they are always
lying in weight" Sytsags,
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Got There in Tin

Mrs. Hendricks, accsz
Bobby, had dropped in f2
see Mrs. De Hobson conf
matter, and after M
eutreaty had finally 4
to luncheon.
Bobby was so
windows" Mrs.
ping her soup.
could scarcei
them"
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Mount Union COLLEGE

A Good, Cheap School for both Sexes. Stu
(ents can enter any me. Regular Courses of
Study-Classical Literary. Philosophical. Nor
NAL and Preparatory. Special Courses-Mu-
sicai, Commercial and Painting Expenses very
low. SPECIAL attention given to the Normal
Course.
For information. Catalogue anl Circulars.
address PROF JOSEPH l.. sHUNK. A. Mt
Union Stark Co. .. LEwIS MILLER. Pres. OF
Trustees Station and Telephone. Alliance. o.
Attendance large. and rapidly increasing
QS9-tVs
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TToKNEY All L Aw, and NOTARY
IN pUHLtC.
uhice with nj. STUART. North ChestnutSt
RaVenna. OHIO
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M. G.. MCBRIDE, M. D.,

M. u. MCBRIDE, M. L.,
Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE in Poe's Block, over Grocery Of b.. A.
VanN oss,
RKsIDEN0E on Cleveland Avenue, 9th residence
North OF Bowery Street. Sl7
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Bancroft and Byron.

In the January Century Professor
Sloane, formerly private secretary of
Bancroft, tells by authority the story of
the meeting of Bancroft and Goethe,
Schleiermacher aud Byron. We quote
as follows: The American squadron
was lying at the time in the harbor of
Leghorn, and Bancroft was invited by
the commodore TO meet Byron aboard
the flagship. There were present only
a few other Americans, among them the
consul at Tunis. with iis wife and scv-
eral ladies. When the poet. accom-
panied by his host and the principal
officers of the fleet, came mp the COM
panionway, his countenance imme-
diately fell at the sight of the ladies
among the new arrivals, thinking prob
ably that they were EnglIshwomen who
hai taken advantage OF the opportunity
to spy him out. But on learning that
they were Americans he at once re-
covered his cheerfulneSs, and was most
approachable. In fact. when the con-
sul's wife laughingly said that her chill
dren would want some proof that she
had seen Lord Byron, she was permit
ted to take the rose from his buttonhole.
Before leaving, the nobleman's secre-
tary invited Bancroft in his masters
name to visit Monte Nero. So intense
was the enthusiasm for Byron among
the officers of the fleet that when he was
rowed ashore one captain manned his
vard-arms and fired salute, but the
commodore, feeling that the guest of the
day had no position which warranted SO
official a greeting, allowed 1T to go no
further Shsllv atterward Bancroft
wrote note TO ask if he might call at
Monte Zero and received pleasant,
lively reply. Byron reception of his
guest was cordial He was simply but
carefully dressed. and during the break
fast tal6ed OF. Jeiircy and the bitter at
tacks of the Edinburgh ReUieW. His
eve was bright and his manner animat-
ed, but without bitterness or rancor.
He seemed intensely interested i'll Goe-
the, and asked many questions about
him The idea that Manfred was
| based on Faust he declared tC
false. explaining that he had nev
/ Faust He was evidently 80
| hear how great Il favoritSG
/ where in GermanY
! ThorwaldseE
Bap
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@. ID. INGEI4L,
H. w, MAXSON,

TT0fSNEN All law and Notary
~ Public D lice in over Mrs. Smiths MIlli-
cry store Mantua station, ONO. 6i2-u.
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H. II. LACEY.

I. T. ELDUA Id,
Attorney at Law. Ctiice IN Phenix Block
Ravenna, Ohio 47g
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Attorney and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections In
ali parts oil the United States. Otice over
Fnst Hational Bank, Garrettsvllle, ohio,
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Business Cards.

J. Fl. DUSSELL,
IA English and German, Office over +, his
Clothing Store. Phenix Block, Ravenna,
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kS@The Undertaking Department will be
COZ NC eI. as before, under the management of
MIR. A. b. Fairchild,
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NOTARY PsJBGEC, Mantua. o. Con-
~ yeyanclng, COLLECTIONS and Pension Busi-
ocss promptly attended to on the most reason
Abls terms. 6ls-u.
Telegram-herald., 1887-03-29

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it s re si1 oaiy VI those F~rsens ~ho
are g4rts he nsacsiae politics.
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aBd sss tanned aad cured o. experience
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the conTeaton even q ths rooni v<s warm.
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ga the leasing of candidates did not dis
tuFt h4a.
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ih.s 'csfy wli. fiss fhUnix Ike from the de-
beats VI the pas
E0belt sproul did earnest aud enthuN.
ast,c Nosk snt nobody wbistied Aud
i.sas gne' eitAe7.
q " Holconb, With silvery hair and a
fresh. rnddy countenznce. was the best
appearing delegate.
AcCeorge Bundy manifested that his sen
timents were politics first snd the \. NJ. L.
A. perhaps Afterwards.
Don i.esthers represented the Third
ward Tor the first nm- and worked for his
friends without commission.
James A. Coye was there undaunted and
undIsmayed. and murmnred "Pll DC "A can
didAte, again. Tor something.
Wm. Brummeler was no stranger to city
conventions and his efforts bore the marx
of experience IN caucus wire pulling.
Game Warden Smith. ~ merely held a
proxy The other delegates was not game,
so | was permitted TO act officially"
Mayor Belknap, Victoria you will see
them cutter other tickets. IL will be
hanson majority. Come into the side
bar
T. f. Harrington: There were a good
many questions offered and discussed aud
| did not recognize a sticker among them.
c. u. Morgan was entirely free from the
| airs of the professional politician. The de-
ay and discussion did not 'tscks' his pa
| tlenCc.
| Colonel MeSsmore wa- early snlOng the
| spectators and was anxious for the end. 81
| that he could congratulate the nominees il
| they "did the proper thing"
| T.. b. Fisher. 1T is strong ticket. and
every man on il will be elected by hand
| some malOritIes." ,Clamorous confusion.
| ringing oi the city hall and various church
| bells, delegates aud spectators disperse.
| Clock in Court room falls with crash.
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A DOODLE SECRETARY
One OF the House Committee
Clerks On the Gridiron.
CHARGED NTH RErHgIEs 4 BRlBE.
An iasssssg4tiea On ihs Tspis-Nose
Trcgbie - the Spring Lsks school
Funny Legislators wschi-
kan Specials Of Varied
Character.

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% scoeps briees ars pfeisfsed assinsi seers-
tsry Geo 3. B1ls seu. ef Tie House Cotnnit-
zee on MgaicIpsl Corporation. snd he de
nies them esaphal.csl.g. lg Is sarsaed thsf
he sad he controlled fhe damned commit-
iee aud .hst he ~ossld secure ilae sasinsw
delegation hearing for s.. b ls further
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cap a - attend The promises meeting bat
owing - fhs failure ol tie labor Commit
tee which VA 10 hold sOlDf session wttb
a. - come together, no meeting Vas pessl-
be The saginaw folks we're srFy angry
and declared that Bafgen had i4iied fo k0sl
hlS bsfFSIn BuEen SAID TO-DAY that lis
lived IN 4sl SsgInaw himself and lad had
political iussels With Mayor I'LL aud super
visor So1lssn-hence the spite wulch he
aillrms Is the cause Tor this slznaer against
him fhs matter i resting nov. but on
Wednesday the saginaw people vii BE- helS
sgsin, and al investigation viii be held.
Telegram-herald., 1887-03-29
The HOTEL hoRRoR.



BcuALo, y. y, March 2s.1his sfter-
noon Coroner Kenny continued his inquest
nto the cause OF The death % the I.ich-
mond fire victims. The FIRST witness called
wss Mr.. Joseph McCsbe. night porter 81 the
hotel. Mr. Airport, he said. was the hgsi
person 60 notice the Ire and called TO hiIn
iu the rcading room. The blaze came from
the floor under tbe stsirs. and first seemed
10 him 10 be about three feet high and
about two feet wide. The vlines. rushed
for the hose as quickly ss possible end
Strengthened it out and turned on tie
water. He saw the water fiji tie
go no further. lie then rushed; 10 The din
ing room door aud grabbed Two uafls of
water and dashed IL on the fire but the
flames soon cut him OF. 1r. Alpor then
turned on the electric bells. onoe outside
OF the burning building be yelled Fire
and afierward turned his attention 90 saw
ing the lives Of the gue<.s. As soon n the
fremen arrived they made several brsYe At
iempis 10 pat the long ladders gp into the
front windows. bat each time they were un-
successful on account of the wires. In vii
ness opinion every one o. the guests should
have been saved bu, FOR these wires.
The witness firmly believed shsf the FIRE
must have originated ~ some person drop.
ping a match on the fioof still. he could
not account Tor any particular person that
might have done 50.
The next witness Mr. Press Whitaker
one Of the prOprietOrs Of the Richmond,
could not gSTe any evidence that tended 80
throw any new light upon The direct or
origin OF the ire. bat could not believe
that it was anything bat accidental.